An Undiagnosed Paraganglioma in a 58-Year-Old Female Who Underwent Tumor Resection

Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that can have high morbidity and mortality if undiagnosed. Here we report a case of an undiagnosed paraganglioma in a 58-year-old female who underwent tumor resection. The patient became severely hypertensive intraoperatively with p...

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Published in:Case reports in anesthesiology 2017-01, Vol.2017 (2017), p.1-4
Main Authors: Moretti, Eugene W., Moon, Richard E., Read, Matthew, Fox, William C., Colin, Brian J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesiology
Asthma
Blood pressure
Case Report
Case reports
Endocrinology
Epidemiology
Heart attacks
Heart rate
Hypertension
Metabolism
Neuroendocrine tumors
Patients
Surgery
Tumors
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Summary:Paragangliomas and pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that can have high morbidity and mortality if undiagnosed. Here we report a case of an undiagnosed paraganglioma in a 58-year-old female who underwent tumor resection. The patient became severely hypertensive intraoperatively with paroxysmal swings in blood pressure and then later became acutely hypotensive after tumor removal. She was managed in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) postoperatively and discharged from the hospital without acute complications. We briefly discuss the epidemiology, clinical presentation, perioperative management, and possible complications of these tumors to assist healthcare providers if one were to encounter them.
ISSN:2090-6382
2090-6390
DOI:10.1155/2017/5796409